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president obama this week unveiled his new jobs plan, but now the debate over the cost. first up tonight, reaction from a key republican on the senate and finance committee, john cornyn of texas. also, the unlikely race for best picture four oscars. "up" became only the second animated film in hollywood history to be nominated for that category. john cornyn and pete docter, coming up right now. >> there are so many things that walmart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better. but mostly, we're helping build stronger communities and relationships. because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports "tavis smiley." tavis and nationwide, working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment
president obama this week unveiled his new jobs plan, but now the debate over the cost. first up tonight, reaction from a key republican on the senate and finance committee, john cornyn of texas. also, the unlikely race for best picture four oscars. "up" became only the second animated film in hollywood history to be nominated for that category. john cornyn and pete docter, coming up right now. >> there are so many things that walmart is looking forward to doing, like helping...
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next week they get a chance to see barack obama in charlotte. he has the likeability ratings. what does he have to do counter what mitt romney has done in florida? >> one of the things we saw, for example, last night was jeb bush came on. he defended his brother and i think one of the reasons that he defended former president george bush is we'll probably see from barack obama next week an explanation of the economy as it stands today. he will reintroduce his opinion which was he walked into a disaster that was created by george bush and things could have been so much worse. barack obama next week needs to explain the economy. he needs to take ownership of the economy. he needs to explain to the american public how he's going to change things but he also needs to reintroduce himself to women, african-americans and latinos because it's this election gets decided on demographics. those are demographics that is near to the democratic party, not the republican party. >> thank you so much for coming in. it was a trial between two of russia's richest men and it played out in a briti
next week they get a chance to see barack obama in charlotte. he has the likeability ratings. what does he have to do counter what mitt romney has done in florida? >> one of the things we saw, for example, last night was jeb bush came on. he defended his brother and i think one of the reasons that he defended former president george bush is we'll probably see from barack obama next week an explanation of the economy as it stands today. he will reintroduce his opinion which was he walked...
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of two men, president obama and house speaker john boehner. we'll have two conversations with the reporters who cover each of them. for more, we're joined by janet hook of the wall street journal, i have to ask, does this morning's unanimous agreement to give federal workers who were furloughed back pay, if that's approved by the senate and the white house does, that buy john boehner more time or increase the pressure on minimum? >> i have to say, that unanimous vote is really an illusion. it's the one thing people can agree on, is that they don't want to take this out on the federal workers who are missing days and days of paychecks. i think actually, it kind of lifts the pressure on congress to come to any kind of agreement, because there isn't pressure coming from federal workers who are wanting to get their paycheck, they know they'll be made whole in the end. >> what's the likelihood if speaker boehner combines this negotiation into the debt ceiling conversation that's looming. >> president obama last week was giving speeches where he was
of two men, president obama and house speaker john boehner. we'll have two conversations with the reporters who cover each of them. for more, we're joined by janet hook of the wall street journal, i have to ask, does this morning's unanimous agreement to give federal workers who were furloughed back pay, if that's approved by the senate and the white house does, that buy john boehner more time or increase the pressure on minimum? >> i have to say, that unanimous vote is really an...
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three reasons why president obama may lose to mitt romney. tonight on "washington week." the jobless rate heads up again. >> you'd expect this deep recession to come back to an aggressive turnaround, and it didn't happen. >> the president ought to get out of the badminton game and get back into the rugby game in front of us. gwen: and the president is thrown on the defensive. >> we're still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the depression. gwen: was the victory tactical or practical? in the wake of a massacre, the international community struggles with the continuing crisis in syria. >> we absolutely deny that the government armed forces had any responsibility in committing such massacres. >> i think, quite simply, it's another blatant lie. gwen: tough times, tough choices. we explain it all with the reporters covering the week -- jim tankersley of "national journal," dan balz of "the washington post" and helene cooper of "the new york times." >> award-winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capitol, t
three reasons why president obama may lose to mitt romney. tonight on "washington week." the jobless rate heads up again. >> you'd expect this deep recession to come back to an aggressive turnaround, and it didn't happen. >> the president ought to get out of the badminton game and get back into the rugby game in front of us. gwen: and the president is thrown on the defensive. >> we're still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the depression....
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gwen: that was president obama this week as bombs were falling in libya. but the definition of victory remains unclear. >> i think there are any number of possible outcomes here and no one's in a position to predict them. we didn't set out to do regime change here. we set out, as i said, to do a very targeted mission. gwen: and now nato steps in. >> we have taken on responsibility for the no-fly zone, while the coalition continues its activities. gwen: but does gaddafi stay or does he go? will congress go along with the plan? and what dominoes are set to fall next? covering the story this week -- helene cooper of "the new york times." doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times." gloria borger of cnn. and john dickerson of "slate" magazine and cbs news. >> award-winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. live from our nations capital. this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for washington week is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. to connect our forces to what the
gwen: that was president obama this week as bombs were falling in libya. but the definition of victory remains unclear. >> i think there are any number of possible outcomes here and no one's in a position to predict them. we didn't set out to do regime change here. we set out, as i said, to do a very targeted mission. gwen: and now nato steps in. >> we have taken on responsibility for the no-fly zone, while the coalition continues its activities. gwen: but does gaddafi stay or does...
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court this week. the man they have to thank? not perennial swing voter anthony kennedy, but chief justice john roberts. consider the contours of the court's two 5-to-4 votes to uphold the affordable health care act. a majority actually rejected the administration's central argument, that the mandate to purchase health insurance is permitted under the constitution's commerce clause. on that point, roberts sided with the conservative majority. but the chief justice swung the other way on a narrower matter, voting to redefine the mandate as a tax, which he and the court's four liberals said is constitutional. right off the bat, the first question -- what's the difference? >> you have to look at this through two lenses. through the law itself, it's upheld. it's upheld, it stands, it's the of barack obama's domestic agenda. he goes forward with it, it's a very big deal that way. in terms of the liberal rationale, the most important thing is what does it say about john roberts? here's the chief justice who
court this week. the man they have to thank? not perennial swing voter anthony kennedy, but chief justice john roberts. consider the contours of the court's two 5-to-4 votes to uphold the affordable health care act. a majority actually rejected the administration's central argument, that the mandate to purchase health insurance is permitted under the constitution's commerce clause. on that point, roberts sided with the conservative majority. but the chief justice swung the other way on a...
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plus, we assess the obama record this week on interrogation and privacy. covering the week -- john dickerson of "slate" magazine and cbs news, alexis simendinger of "real clear politics," pete williams of nbc news, and james kitfield of "national journal." >> award-winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens. live from our nations capitol, this is "washington week with gwen ifill," produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875 we've been there for our clients through good times and bad. when their needs changed, we were there to meet them. through the years from insurance to investment management, from real estate to retirement solutions, we've de ideas for the finaaliachl lenges ahead. this hock -- rock has never chood still. and that's one thing that will never change. prudential. >> we know why we're here -- to connect our forces to what they need when they need it. >> to help troops see danger before it sees them. >> to answer the
plus, we assess the obama record this week on interrogation and privacy. covering the week -- john dickerson of "slate" magazine and cbs news, alexis simendinger of "real clear politics," pete williams of nbc news, and james kitfield of "national journal." >> award-winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens. live from our nations capitol, this is "washington week with gwen ifill," produced in association with national journal....
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. >> one of my favorite columnists this week writes that obama's opponent "is a stolid, gaffe- prone challenger for whom conservatism is a second language, and the less we see of these gentlemen, the better each of them fares." >> that is a clown question, bro. [laughter] back story to that, too long to explain. look it up on twitter. this is not the finest of presidential campaigns. it is not lincoln-douglas. we have are relatively weak republican candidate -- there were others on the bench who were stronger -- and romney is not the natural conservative who could make the case the way that ryan mitch daniels could. obama got his with the first two years and has a dismal economy. there are a lot of liberals, like william galston, adviser in the clinton administration, excellent social scientist, who says that what obama can and should do is seize the big issues, entitlement reform our tax reform, something large. it is risky, but it would give him an argument date he does not have one now. >> i regret that he did not take advantage of the opportunity he had a year ago with simpson- b
. >> one of my favorite columnists this week writes that obama's opponent "is a stolid, gaffe- prone challenger for whom conservatism is a second language, and the less we see of these gentlemen, the better each of them fares." >> that is a clown question, bro. [laughter] back story to that, too long to explain. look it up on twitter. this is not the finest of presidential campaigns. it is not lincoln-douglas. we have are relatively weak republican candidate -- there were...
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week in charlotte, alexis? >> we were talking about the enthusiasm gap. one way that the -- i think the president is thinking that they can can close some of that is the -- to create a fever pitch of fear or concern about what mitt romney would do if he were president of the united states. and the president is well known, the idea is to try to scare america into thinking this is a risk. if we watched the whole convention in which mitt romney was very softly telling everyone it was ok that you voted for this guy but he let you down, it's all right to vote for the republican ticket, then i -- my feeling is the president is going to really try to ramp up this idea that no, it's not ok. not because you like me or you don't need to know more about my biography but because of what the country is at stake. >> i think he has to reach out to some of people who supported him four years ago. if everyone votes -- or vast majority of them vote for him again, he will win. he has to rekindle that magic. he's having bill clint
week in charlotte, alexis? >> we were talking about the enthusiasm gap. one way that the -- i think the president is thinking that they can can close some of that is the -- to create a fever pitch of fear or concern about what mitt romney would do if he were president of the united states. and the president is well known, the idea is to try to scare america into thinking this is a risk. if we watched the whole convention in which mitt romney was very softly telling everyone it was ok that...
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. >> the neleace prize for 2009 is to arded to president rack obama. >> this week on "inside washington." president obama wins the nobel peace prize. >> the militar has begun strikes against the qaeda it terrorist trainingamps and talibaregime in afgnistan. >> arim anniversary, america at war for eight years >> we nnot succeed by trying rder. >> why i the generalunning his mouth in public >it is better to come up through the cin of command. >> now theealth care bill couldeduce the deficit. >> we can not stand for an epidemic of violce. >> the obamadministration zes in onn epidemi tbs violence -- epidemic of violen with childre captied by the naonal captioning institute --www.ncicap.org >> aricans awoke to the stunninnews that their president in offi for less than one year had won the nol peace prize. the last american esident to win that wasoodrow wilson. they attachespecial importance of obama conservation for a world withounuclear weapons. only ver rary has a person to the same extents ama captur the world's attention and given its pple hope foa better future. >>hey praised the preden
. >> the neleace prize for 2009 is to arded to president rack obama. >> this week on "inside washington." president obama wins the nobel peace prize. >> the militar has begun strikes against the qaeda it terrorist trainingamps and talibaregime in afgnistan. >> arim anniversary, america at war for eight years >> we nnot succeed by trying rder. >> why i the generalunning his mouth in public >it is better to come up through the cin of command....
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. >> this week on "inside washington," president obama orders a major restructuring of his national-security team. >> if gas prices are $6, he certainly isn't going to wind. >> we are not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers. >> the president releases his birth certificate. why did he take the bait? >> i feel i've accomplished something really, really important, and i'm honored by it. >> and the royal wedding. nobody knows how to throw a party like the british. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- as the week ended, americans were glued to their television sets watching the marriage of prince william to kate middleton. the president was on the road to alabama, where more than 300 people have lost their lives in states hit by tornadoes. he was also going to florida to watch the launch of the space shuttle, but before he left washington, he shook up his national-security team. leon panetta as defense, general david petraeus at cia. what does the decision to put a four-star general who is an expert in counteri
. >> this week on "inside washington," president obama orders a major restructuring of his national-security team. >> if gas prices are $6, he certainly isn't going to wind. >> we are not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers. >> the president releases his birth certificate. why did he take the bait? >> i feel i've accomplished something really, really important, and i'm honored by it. >> and...
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. >> theobel peace prize for 2009 is tbewarded to presidenbarack obama. >> this week o "inside washington president obama wins the nobel peace prize. >>he military has begun strikes ainst the al qaeda it terrorist traini camps and taliban reme in afghanian. >> a grinniversary, america atar for eight yea. >> we cann succeed by ting hard. >> why is the general runng hismouth in public? >> it ibetter to come up through e chainf command. >> now the heah care bill cou reduce the defici >> we can not stand for an epidemic of vience. >> the oba administration ros in an epidecubbs violen -- epidemic of violce with childn. caponed by the tional captioning institute --www.ncicap.o-- >>mericans awoke to the stunng news that their president in ofce for less than one year had won the bel peace prize. the last americapresident to win that was woodrow wilson. they attacd special importance of obama conservation for a world witht nuclear weapons. >> only vy rely has a person to the same exte asobama capted the world's attention and given itseople hope for a better future. >> they praised the psident for
. >> theobel peace prize for 2009 is tbewarded to presidenbarack obama. >> this week o "inside washington president obama wins the nobel peace prize. >>he military has begun strikes ainst the al qaeda it terrorist traini camps and taliban reme in afghanian. >> a grinniversary, america atar for eight yea. >> we cann succeed by ting hard. >> why is the general runng hismouth in public? >> it ibetter to come up through e chainf command. >> now...
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last week, president obama announced revisions saying that religion related organizations with moral objections would not have to offer or pay for birth control. instead, insurance companies would have to provide those services to women free of charge. some catholic leaders supported the change, but others, including the us conference of catholic bishops, said it did not adequately address their concerns. the bishops' opposition is being led by new york's archbishop timothy dolan. >>> dolan is in rome this weekend being elevated to cardinal, along with another american, baltimore's archbishop edwin o'brien. dozens of churches in new york city are citing religious liberty concerns in their battle to be allowed to worship in public school buildings after hours. the new york city board of education had said last sunday was the final day congregations could rent school space for services. on thursday, a district judge gave the churches a ten-day extension. as a court challenge moves forward, the state legislature is considering a bill to overturn the policy. kim lawton has more. >> repor
last week, president obama announced revisions saying that religion related organizations with moral objections would not have to offer or pay for birth control. instead, insurance companies would have to provide those services to women free of charge. some catholic leaders supported the change, but others, including the us conference of catholic bishops, said it did not adequately address their concerns. the bishops' opposition is being led by new york's archbishop timothy dolan. >>>...
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, is president obama waging class warfare? >> i do not believe class warfare is leadership. >> this is not class warfare. it is math. >> another republican debate. >> this is not the first time he had been wrong on issues before it is still mitt and rick's show. >> president obama stand strong with israel. a position of principle or politics? after 18 years, the military don't ask, don't tell policy is history. >> i am a united states marine, and i am a lesbian. >> president obama this week apparently got the message, there will be the grand bargain with republicans, especially republicans and house. on monday, he came up with a plan guaranteed to fail because it includes the most hated words in the republican vocabulary, higher taxes. >> it is wrong and that in the united states of america a teacher or construction worker who earns $50,000 should have to pay higher tax rates than someone taking in $50 million. >> the plan also calls for but rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. to make his point, he traveled to ohio at a br
, is president obama waging class warfare? >> i do not believe class warfare is leadership. >> this is not class warfare. it is math. >> another republican debate. >> this is not the first time he had been wrong on issues before it is still mitt and rick's show. >> president obama stand strong with israel. a position of principle or politics? after 18 years, the military don't ask, don't tell policy is history. >> i am a united states marine, and i am a...
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they would prefer to have barack obama cleaning up barack obama this week, rather than joe biden cleaning him up. >> what do you think? vice-presidential debate is coming up. >> it just so happens that joe biden and paul ryan respect each other and get along very well. there were debt negotiations with those two were the ones that had the best rapport of all the participants. i think it will be a fun and enjoyable debate. joe biden has a good sense of humor. you are not going to see him and barack obama in the debate. >> i hope it is an existing debate. there were 50 million people watching the first debate. the question i have is, for how long? i was sitting there thinking, ok, obama did not show up to play. this is unbelievably boring. if i did not have to do this for a living, i would watch a show that i wanted to. >> it depends on your perspective. i found it fascinating. i was seized. my attention did not lapse for an hour-and-a-half. i think he might be slightly skewed. if you saw the joe biden clip, how does a man of uncertain age maintain such a high level of indignation, continuo
they would prefer to have barack obama cleaning up barack obama this week, rather than joe biden cleaning him up. >> what do you think? vice-presidential debate is coming up. >> it just so happens that joe biden and paul ryan respect each other and get along very well. there were debt negotiations with those two were the ones that had the best rapport of all the participants. i think it will be a fun and enjoyable debate. joe biden has a good sense of humor. you are not going to see...
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this is the week where obama makes the gaffe of the year and you lead with the taxes? look, i will play along. this is an arm of the dnc, but i will play along. [laughter] john mccain released two years, and john kerry -- terry's wife, who, as willie sutton would say, is where the money is, never released any. >> nina? >> obama released eight years, clinton 12 years, george h.w. bush, 14 years. these are all people who got to be president. it does make you wonder, what is in there? >> colby? >> 57% of the american people want him to release his tax returns. he has promised republicans who want him to release his tax returns. i thought this was a non-issue until i heard somebody like george will say that maybe he has something to hide. let's see what is there. >> roger? >> this is a loser of an issue for george romney. >> mitt romney. george is the father. >> mitt romney, sorry. democratic as targets are going around in saying that one man has seen romney's tax returns. it was john mccain, when he was vetting him for a vice president, and the first thing he did was say,
this is the week where obama makes the gaffe of the year and you lead with the taxes? look, i will play along. this is an arm of the dnc, but i will play along. [laughter] john mccain released two years, and john kerry -- terry's wife, who, as willie sutton would say, is where the money is, never released any. >> nina? >> obama released eight years, clinton 12 years, george h.w. bush, 14 years. these are all people who got to be president. it does make you wonder, what is in there?...
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. >> this week on "inside washington," president obama finally gets his way. health care reform is now the law of the land. republicans vowed to fight on. >> we will challenge every place we can, we will fight everywhere. >> today i assigned the rules of the senate bill, which will go to the president immediately for his signature. >> how tough is nancy pelosi? the speaker of the house said she would get it done, and she did. >> you baby killing mother- [bleep], i hope you die. >> i take very seriously. i have three little kids. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it was a long and rocky road, president barack obama refused to give up on health care reform, and this week his efforts were rewarded. house speaker nancy pelosi says it never occurred to her that it would not pass. colby, you said from day one that you thought the president succeed. what did you know that we did not? >> what caused me to maintain that position was looking at obama the candidate, the presidential candidate, who came from nowhere but showed a steely r
. >> this week on "inside washington," president obama finally gets his way. health care reform is now the law of the land. republicans vowed to fight on. >> we will challenge every place we can, we will fight everywhere. >> today i assigned the rules of the senate bill, which will go to the president immediately for his signature. >> how tough is nancy pelosi? the speaker of the house said she would get it done, and she did. >> you baby killing mother-...
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and president obama rushed back to washington and ordered flags flown at half staff for a week. how quickly did they decide in the obama campaign, jeff, to change course? >> i mean, almost immediately. the president was advised of this shortly before 5:30 this morning. he was down in florida. and you're right, it was supposed to be a 48-hour campaign swing, really touching on all of the important corners of this important battleground state. but they decided from the very beginning that he would obviously have to make some type of a statement here. but it just was not the day for politics. i mean, he's been through this before, the white house has been through this before. the other examples like this. but the romney campaign initially said that he was going to go through with his event in new hampshire, but i think he followed the president's lead and sort of did the same thing. you have to rise to the presidential sort of level here, american level. gwen: but it's easier to do if you're president. if you're the guy who's running for president, it seems that there are a lot mor
and president obama rushed back to washington and ordered flags flown at half staff for a week. how quickly did they decide in the obama campaign, jeff, to change course? >> i mean, almost immediately. the president was advised of this shortly before 5:30 this morning. he was down in florida. and you're right, it was supposed to be a 48-hour campaign swing, really touching on all of the important corners of this important battleground state. but they decided from the very beginning that...
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add to that list this week a candidate who until recently actually worked for president obama. >> for the first time in history, we are passing down to the next generation a country that is less powerful, less compassionate, less competitive, and less confident than the one we got. this, ladies and gentlemen, is totally unacceptable and it is totally un-american. gwen: that was jon huntsman who is attempting to stake out new ground. not least of which on afghanistan. as we've been talking about. what's he doing with that? >> on afghanistan, he is in many ways to the left of president obama. calling for a drawdown that's much faster and a smaller footprint there. he has tossed out numbers of 15,000 troops and has really focused on this whome idea of having -- this whole idea of having a counterterrorism rather than a counterinsurgency. and he's also linking this effort to budget and spending. in the way that obama did when -- in 2008 when he was running and running against the iraq war. and fiscalizing that. that's essentially what he's doing there. and on his right, he's got romney, h
add to that list this week a candidate who until recently actually worked for president obama. >> for the first time in history, we are passing down to the next generation a country that is less powerful, less compassionate, less competitive, and less confident than the one we got. this, ladies and gentlemen, is totally unacceptable and it is totally un-american. gwen: that was jon huntsman who is attempting to stake out new ground. not least of which on afghanistan. as we've been talking...
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it can joe biden stem the bleeding and undo the damage clearly done the barack obama last week? i think he needs to win the debate to change the narrative at this point. also, who is paul ryan? we have been watching clips on american cable to the when james scott hail, ross perot's running mate and turned the camera and said, who am i, why here? we ask that about paul ryan because we know who he is. the democrat bashing hook young got a republican, but he doesn't know where he is in terms of his relationship to governor romney. he will come under pressure to define that tonight. >> we have seen the polls move in as governor romney's favor. you have been at the swing states, what is your impression? >> i have been in florida and ohio. certainly everybody i spoke to was convinced that governor romney won and even obama supporters and are wondering if they're going to vote for him or move over. what is very clear is it really is going to be the economy that decides it. in the economy of monthly and quarterly data releases, this is the economy of day-to-day lives. the struggle to fi
it can joe biden stem the bleeding and undo the damage clearly done the barack obama last week? i think he needs to win the debate to change the narrative at this point. also, who is paul ryan? we have been watching clips on american cable to the when james scott hail, ross perot's running mate and turned the camera and said, who am i, why here? we ask that about paul ryan because we know who he is. the democrat bashing hook young got a republican, but he doesn't know where he is in terms of...
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you interviewed president obama this week. what is your take? are you sensing about how much longer this will go on? >> suzy, i think it will go up until mid october, the treasury says october 17th when we hit the debt limit. i wouldn't expect it to be resolved much more than midnight on the 16th and, you know, there are various scenarios being discussed. there is no negotiation process but i talked to a republican member of congress yesterday speculating if we agree on a process of budget negotiations to occur after the debt limit is raised, that might be something we can consider a victory and on the debt limit there is some talk of potentially suspending enforcement of the debt limit rather than raise it. that's what republicans did this year and we've been operating on that basis all year. >> there was a time when shutting the government down would be unthinkable. it's happened twice in the last 20 years but now we're talking complacently about the government is shutdown and could be for two more weeks. does this become the norm in future bu
you interviewed president obama this week. what is your take? are you sensing about how much longer this will go on? >> suzy, i think it will go up until mid october, the treasury says october 17th when we hit the debt limit. i wouldn't expect it to be resolved much more than midnight on the 16th and, you know, there are various scenarios being discussed. there is no negotiation process but i talked to a republican member of congress yesterday speculating if we agree on a process of...
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last week they showed florida, ohio, virginia, president oo-- obama had a clear lead. same thing was true this week in wisconsin, in colorado and iowa. iowa we showed an eight-point lead in all of those states, obama was at parity or better with mitt romney on the economy. in the nine battlegrounds that the two campaigns are contesting most aggressively. mitt romney has only had one -- north carolina. he's got to take a whole collection of votes away from brack brang to win the presidents si. -- barack obama to win the presidency. >> and that may be because of the optimism. some of these battleground states have unemployment rates that are lower than the rest of the up. -- country. >> john boehner said the reason mitt romney was doing so well in north carolina is that governor casey had done such a good job reviving the economy. gwen: did it drive these numbers we're seeing now? >> if you talk to the romney people, what they'll tell you is that president obama's bounce has dissipated. that he had dropped six points and it had gone away. gwen: perhaps in the head to hea
last week they showed florida, ohio, virginia, president oo-- obama had a clear lead. same thing was true this week in wisconsin, in colorado and iowa. iowa we showed an eight-point lead in all of those states, obama was at parity or better with mitt romney on the economy. in the nine battlegrounds that the two campaigns are contesting most aggressively. mitt romney has only had one -- north carolina. he's got to take a whole collection of votes away from brack brang to win the presidents si....
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. >> obama this week -- you could see the clear outlines of his campaign in dealing with the idea that people after three years are not sure who he is. he came in with hope and change and compromise. compromise did not work. it took him awhile to realize it, but apparently he is going to campaign as essentially the ."congress, "we can't wait these may not be perfect solutions, they may be small solutions, but they are not bad in terms of the way they will appear. >> let me go back to the cincinnati focus group. what are people looking for in a leader? >> what they what in the next president is two things -- strong leader, a tough negotiator. >> if he says, "i am going to do this by executive action," that plays into that? >> i think it undoubtedly helps. this is a real problem. what you are talking about, the young man you saw in the clip, representing millions of young people who came out with the equivalent of housing mortgage, an immediate word and they have to deal with. they don't have jobs or the means to deal with it. they cannot pay it back and will put them in an economic posi
. >> obama this week -- you could see the clear outlines of his campaign in dealing with the idea that people after three years are not sure who he is. he came in with hope and change and compromise. compromise did not work. it took him awhile to realize it, but apparently he is going to campaign as essentially the ."congress, "we can't wait these may not be perfect solutions, they may be small solutions, but they are not bad in terms of the way they will appear. >> let me...
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up first, alth care reform and middle cla woes: barack obamlooked more like ndidate obama this week as h took to the ad, pitching his healthare reform plan. he dried to oke support among americans by focusing on the concerns of middle class families, that as blic support for the pla is decling. a n associad press poll finds the number disapove of the president's healthare plan stands at %, up from just 28% in april. some cservatives cl the plan another entitlement progm for the poor funded onhe backs of the middle class the presidt supports raising taxes on upr income americans fund the overhaul. a midd class rebellion kild health care reform back 1994 when i was attempted by the clinton administratio but thi presint insts his plan will drive down costs for everyone. >> we ha 50 million peop, probably more, who are uninsud because of this cession. about a thirdf those people are actually qte wealthy. they earn more than theedian fami income in the u.s. but health insurance is so expensive. it costs $17,000 for a family last year that even relatively wealthy pele cannot afford it. >> bo
up first, alth care reform and middle cla woes: barack obamlooked more like ndidate obama this week as h took to the ad, pitching his healthare reform plan. he dried to oke support among americans by focusing on the concerns of middle class families, that as blic support for the pla is decling. a n associad press poll finds the number disapove of the president's healthare plan stands at %, up from just 28% in april. some cservatives cl the plan another entitlement progm for the poor funded onhe...
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last week urging the democrats to get rid of "mediscare tactics. evan, can you say something to ease this pain? >> no, because the democrats are going to demagogue this all the way through 2012. all this attention on "mediscare" is forcing the country to pay attention to what a big problem is this. you cannot just demagoguing your way through it. even though it is a chaotic and not fair and people will get smeared and the political system will look awful, it does call attention to the scale of the problem and get people eventually, i hope, to deal with that. >> this is a case of what goes around comes around. this freshman class got elected with a lot of "mediscare" and then they went back home and at the democrats were doing the same thing to them and they came back for five. -- they came back horrified. i am not as confident as evan -- >> ultimately. >> but will i live to see it? >> steny hoyer says that they appear to be abandoning the support for medicare overhaul. is it true? >> it is, but i want to make a comment on our weekly republican hypo
last week urging the democrats to get rid of "mediscare tactics. evan, can you say something to ease this pain? >> no, because the democrats are going to demagogue this all the way through 2012. all this attention on "mediscare" is forcing the country to pay attention to what a big problem is this. you cannot just demagoguing your way through it. even though it is a chaotic and not fair and people will get smeared and the political system will look awful, it does call...
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gwen: another dilemma for president obama. this week, a federal judge ruled that the military cannot expel soldiers who are openly gay or lesbian. and that was one of the first things he was asked about at a young voters' forum sponsored yesterday by mtv, bet, and cmt. his reply -- >> it has to be done in a way that is orderly because we are involved in a war right now. but this is not a question of whether the policy will end. this policy will end, and it will end on my watch. gwen: but not right away, apparently -- the obama administration has already asked the court to stay its order. then the pentagon said it would not enforce the policy. why isn't this contradictory, nancy? >> because what the obama administration is trying to do is say how zones repealed and they want it done through congress. there is a real risk from the pentagon's and administration's point of view of doing it through the courts. the administration's feeling on this is if you do it through congress it allows the administration and debt of defense to m
gwen: another dilemma for president obama. this week, a federal judge ruled that the military cannot expel soldiers who are openly gay or lesbian. and that was one of the first things he was asked about at a young voters' forum sponsored yesterday by mtv, bet, and cmt. his reply -- >> it has to be done in a way that is orderly because we are involved in a war right now. but this is not a question of whether the policy will end. this policy will end, and it will end on my watch. gwen: but...
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troops could actually go higher if need be than the ,000 annnced by presidt obama this week. tes said tat he has been given appval for as many as 3,000 more. meanwhile, italy is reported to be considering anadditional 1,000 troop but noall members of nato are responding with enthusiasm ase hear now in is report from deutsc welle >> president obama wants u.s. alliesincluding germany, to nd more troops to afghanisn. but while berlin is suprtive of obam it's wary about increasing itsommitments ther germany's foreign mnister say his vernment first wants to define aommon future strategy for the conflict. >> we refuse to have a debate ourountry that centers only on how many sldiers will be sent or should be sent. we to haveuch a dbate. it's not rlly helpful. >> t chancellor angela mrkel says berlin wants to delay any decisionn troop numbers until they review strategy in afghanistan. nato, however, is pressuring i members to unite behind the u.s. >> ts is our fht togethe weust finish it together. >> nato wantso commit an addional 5,000soldiers to fighthe taliban in ghanistan. britai
troops could actually go higher if need be than the ,000 annnced by presidt obama this week. tes said tat he has been given appval for as many as 3,000 more. meanwhile, italy is reported to be considering anadditional 1,000 troop but noall members of nato are responding with enthusiasm ase hear now in is report from deutsc welle >> president obama wants u.s. alliesincluding germany, to nd more troops to afghanisn. but while berlin is suprtive of obam it's wary about increasing...
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obama's re- election campaign. it is understandable that the president is worried about the economy-- he's not stupid, last week's payrolls report looked ugly, and the recent downgrades to g.d.p. suggest that mr. obama is not about to receive a boost in the polls from growth any time soon. but everyone must avoid becoming too distracted about jobs. for a start, last friday's numbers were affected by a large strike and by seasonal factors adjust for these and the private sector added 60,000 jobs in august. not amazing, but hardly dire either. and if energy prices edge lower, u.s. companies may even start to feel more confident again. nor can mr. obama lose his focus. the reality is that his big problem may not be growth, but rather america's 75 million owner-occupied houses, 65% of which have a mortgage. if he introduces measures to help the quarter of these mortgages which are drowning in negative equity, he risks alienating the millions of hard- working voters who have diligently kept their heads above water. but
obama's re- election campaign. it is understandable that the president is worried about the economy-- he's not stupid, last week's payrolls report looked ugly, and the recent downgrades to g.d.p. suggest that mr. obama is not about to receive a boost in the polls from growth any time soon. but everyone must avoid becoming too distracted about jobs. for a start, last friday's numbers were affected by a large strike and by seasonal factors adjust for these and the private sector added 60,000 jobs...
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wait no more, because this week offered no-looking-back evidence that barack obama and mitt romney are in their corners, and the bell just rang. the fight, as well outline tonight, will be about policy as well as politics. example number one -- the president this week challenged republicans to extend low interest rates for a college loan program. romney said yes, they should be kept low. but for congressional republicans, there was a catch. the house voted today for the extension, but only if the cost comes out of the presidents health care plan. the white house, in response, called it a "politically motivated proposal and not the serious response that the problem facing americas college students deserves." and a vetoo threat was promptly issued. is this the kind of fight we are just going to have to get used to this year? >> i think so. i think it's going to get uglier. this entire campaign is operating in a time of scarcity. trillion-dollar deficits and every penny is being fought over. also, you have two week candidates. a president whose approval rating is low for an incouple benl.
wait no more, because this week offered no-looking-back evidence that barack obama and mitt romney are in their corners, and the bell just rang. the fight, as well outline tonight, will be about policy as well as politics. example number one -- the president this week challenged republicans to extend low interest rates for a college loan program. romney said yes, they should be kept low. but for congressional republicans, there was a catch. the house voted today for the extension, but only if...
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we had a poll this week that showed that president obama is taking a bit of a hit on this as well. his ads -- the reason that his ads had to be pulled from television in colorado, a key swing state, is because they are so sharp and biting and that he is not projecting a positive message. that's one of the worries from his advisors and the white house is that -- i mean the thing he has going for him is people like him, and if he loses that, that's a problem of the gwen: what about the republicans who have been giving mitt romney the blues in the last week and saying, you know what, just release your taxes, you're making too much of a problem, or as johnson said, he's not really an american. someone else talked about barack obama's third world practice. everybody is kind of sharp in this. >> but i do think the fact that mitt romney is now taking fire from within his own party on the tax issue is going to make it that much harder. gwen: why do you think they're doing that? i mean, what is that about? >> i think that it is -- and who you're hearing this from, you know, were two of his
we had a poll this week that showed that president obama is taking a bit of a hit on this as well. his ads -- the reason that his ads had to be pulled from television in colorado, a key swing state, is because they are so sharp and biting and that he is not projecting a positive message. that's one of the worries from his advisors and the white house is that -- i mean the thing he has going for him is people like him, and if he loses that, that's a problem of the gwen: what about the...
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president obama said this week that he hopes to elevate the tone of political discourse in washington. >> the way we run campaigns these days, the language used, the demonization of the other side, i think that has broken down some of that trust here in washington. >> anyone who witnessed his reckless spending habits over the past 2 1/2 years or sat across the negotiating table from him the past few weeks can be forgiven for being skeptical of his recent attempts to come across as a fiscal moderate. >> that is senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, who has made no secret of his hope that barack obama becomes a one-term president, but as mark said last week, at least he is honest about it. some democrats are angry at the president and his people, some republicans are warning boehner, you better hold the line. how is this going to play out, charles? >> if i knew i would be rich. [laughter] the most likely outcome -- it is probably impossible to get a grand bargain. the democrats are not going to give it in to real structural changes in entitlements, you're not going to get republicans,
president obama said this week that he hopes to elevate the tone of political discourse in washington. >> the way we run campaigns these days, the language used, the demonization of the other side, i think that has broken down some of that trust here in washington. >> anyone who witnessed his reckless spending habits over the past 2 1/2 years or sat across the negotiating table from him the past few weeks can be forgiven for being skeptical of his recent attempts to come across as a...
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president obama said this week that he hopes to elevate the tone of political discourse in washington. >> the way we run campaigns these days, the language used, the demonization of the other side, i think that has broken down some of that trust here in washington. >> anyone who witnessed his reckless spending habits over the past 2 1/2 years or sat across the negotiating table from him the past few weeks can be forgiven for being skeptical of his recent attempts to come across as a fiscal moderate. >> that is senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, who has made no secret of his hope that barack obama becomes a one-term president, but as mark said last week, at least he is honest about it. some democrats are angry at the president and his people, some republicans are warning boehner, you better hold the line. how is this going to play out, charles? >> if i knew i would be rich. [laughter] the most likely outcome -- it is probably impossible to get a grand bargain. the democrats are not going to give it in to real structural changes in entitlements, you're not going to get republicans,
president obama said this week that he hopes to elevate the tone of political discourse in washington. >> the way we run campaigns these days, the language used, the demonization of the other side, i think that has broken down some of that trust here in washington. >> anyone who witnessed his reckless spending habits over the past 2 1/2 years or sat across the negotiating table from him the past few weeks can be forgiven for being skeptical of his recent attempts to come across as a...
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executives meet with president obama next week. >> tom: we're also learning tonight that more oil is gushing into the gulf than previously thought-- a lot more. the coast guard doubled its estimates today, saying as much as 40,000 barrels per day are flowing from the ruptured well. u.k. prime minister david cameron says he's concerned about environmental damage from the disaster. but he also thinks it's in everyone's interest that b.p. remains strong and stable. that runs counter to calls to punish the energy giant. stephanie dhue looks at efforts to suspend b.p. from doing business with the u.s. government. >> reporter: the spill in the gulf is only the latest problem for b.p.-- the environmental protection agency was already considering blocking the company from doing business with the federal government for safety violations in texas and alaska. many want to see b.p. lose its $2 billion in contracts to supply the u.s. military. as a repeat offender, public citizen energy director tyson slocum says b.p. should be shut off. >> the poor track record of b.p., combined with the ongoing
executives meet with president obama next week. >> tom: we're also learning tonight that more oil is gushing into the gulf than previously thought-- a lot more. the coast guard doubled its estimates today, saying as much as 40,000 barrels per day are flowing from the ruptured well. u.k. prime minister david cameron says he's concerned about environmental damage from the disaster. but he also thinks it's in everyone's interest that b.p. remains strong and stable. that runs counter to calls...
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jim vandehei and mike allen in "politico" this week quote an unnamed obama adviser who says that at said the president's ability to defy gravity, the numbers lead to defeat. >> it is premature, but you have got to be pessimistic if you are a democrat. every candidate for reelection to the white house, the election becomes by definition of a referendum on the incumbent's record. it is impossible to say right now that this is our record double, and somebody to a reelection victory. in the states where he is in trouble, states he carried last time, ohio and pennsylvania. >> who suffers most after this deal? >> you can hardly get lower than 82% disapproval with congress. obama's rating stayed up somewhat, given how bad the economy was. they are now in the 40's. historically, a president with these numbers would not win re- election. but somebody has got to beat him, and it does not seem to be a somebody now that everybody agrees on in the republican party. they are waiting breathlessly for governor rick perry to come in and save them from their dismal selection of candidates. i don't think t
jim vandehei and mike allen in "politico" this week quote an unnamed obama adviser who says that at said the president's ability to defy gravity, the numbers lead to defeat. >> it is premature, but you have got to be pessimistic if you are a democrat. every candidate for reelection to the white house, the election becomes by definition of a referendum on the incumbent's record. it is impossible to say right now that this is our record double, and somebody to a reelection...
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but what about president obama this week, first coming out and saying that ak-47s belong on the battlefield, not on our streets? and then backing off two days later? >> they back off, that being said -- here you can't blame them. the congress, including many immigrants, because of the force, and that's the word for it, versus pointing a gun at members, of the gun lobbying, nra and the like, are not about to do virtually anything. speaker boehner said after what happened in aurora, that he thought that this is a matter that should be discussed. i give him credit because that's going further than any republican i ever seen. but you know, if you, who are the president, the democratic president with nra going after you, even though you haven't done a thing about gun laws, you are not going to get out there, when you got people in your own party who have been intimidated by the gun lobby and the whole republican party -- has embraced the nra. >> i think it's reprehensible for you to say the nra is pointing guns at members of congress's heads. that's awful to say. >> you know i'm speaking metapho
but what about president obama this week, first coming out and saying that ak-47s belong on the battlefield, not on our streets? and then backing off two days later? >> they back off, that being said -- here you can't blame them. the congress, including many immigrants, because of the force, and that's the word for it, versus pointing a gun at members, of the gun lobbying, nra and the like, are not about to do virtually anything. speaker boehner said after what happened in aurora, that he...
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>>ose: we begin this evening with a preview of th week ahead for president obama. white house chief oftaff rahm emanl called it historic week within a historicear. tomorrow nht, the president will announce his troop sge and strategy for afghanistan i a ime time address to the nation. on tuesday, health care legislation will come the senate floor. on thursday, presint obama will ht a jobs summit in washington. joing me now from waington, ite house correspondents jeff zeleny of the ew york times" anjake tapper of abc news. i'mleased to have both of the here i begin with jf zelen who had a pie in today's per "in a narrowinch, president obama's handling of the critical iues of health care and afghanistan will test the depthof his support ong democrats and termine whether he can draw republicans to h foreign policy. wh does he have do, jeff, to get that? >> charlie, onehing he really these do is rt of keep the dissenters, the demoats in this ce sort of at b. i think that's one of the asons white house chief of staff rahmmanuel was calling thisis a histoc week, a momento
>>ose: we begin this evening with a preview of th week ahead for president obama. white house chief oftaff rahm emanl called it historic week within a historicear. tomorrow nht, the president will announce his troop sge and strategy for afghanistan i a ime time address to the nation. on tuesday, health care legislation will come the senate floor. on thursday, presint obama will ht a jobs summit in washington. joing me now from waington, ite house correspondents jeff zeleny of the ew york...
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. >> this week on "inside washington," president obama makes his case for military intervention in libya, but who are the good guys in this fight? >> we don't know as much as we would like to add as much as we expect we will. >> everyone is upset. >> the tea party puts the heat on the speaker of the house. >> now, the senate says we have a plan. well, great. pass the damn thing. >> wall more women go to the supreme court to deny equal pay for equal work. >> the fight has just begun. >> and no word on the passing of political trail blazer geraldine ferraro -- a word on the passing of political trouble is our geraldine ferraro. >> this campaign is not just a statement, it is a bond between women all over america. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> in a nationally televised speech this week, president obama explained his reasons for launching air attacks on libya. >> we knew that if we wanted -- if we waited one more day, benghazi, a city nearly the size of charlotte, could suffer a massacre that would have reverberated across the region and sustained the c
. >> this week on "inside washington," president obama makes his case for military intervention in libya, but who are the good guys in this fight? >> we don't know as much as we would like to add as much as we expect we will. >> everyone is upset. >> the tea party puts the heat on the speaker of the house. >> now, the senate says we have a plan. well, great. pass the damn thing. >> wall more women go to the supreme court to deny equal pay for equal...
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>> it's so funny, because when president obama first made those remarks two weeks ago, nobody noticed. none of the reporters there reported it, nobody picked up on it. but over the weekend and into monday, some of the conservative websites and commentators noticed it and started bringing it to their attention and a day later the mitt romney campaign is seized on it and was up with a web ad and signs greeted president obama saying, i built my business and had become in fact, a thing. gwen: we use the word "gaffe" freely but was it really a gaffe? everything the president had to say there is because you don't see that in the advertising. and he was talking about you didn't build that because you had government help. i wonder if that's just the way these campaigns are rolling out now, their sense of purpose. >> yes and no. it's a gaffe to say he didn't word it well. he didn't word it well at all. because he said, you didn't build that and that's obviously damaging. but there is an underlying difference in the way these campaigns view the role of government. and i think that's the deeper
>> it's so funny, because when president obama first made those remarks two weeks ago, nobody noticed. none of the reporters there reported it, nobody picked up on it. but over the weekend and into monday, some of the conservative websites and commentators noticed it and started bringing it to their attention and a day later the mitt romney campaign is seized on it and was up with a web ad and signs greeted president obama saying, i built my business and had become in fact, a thing. gwen:...